Nevada Policy Research Institute

The Nevada Policy Research Institute describes itself as "a free-market think tank that seeks private solutions to public challenges facing Nevada, the West and the nation. The Institute's primary areas of focus are education and fiscal policy, with the goal of advancing free-market principles in both."

The institute made waves during the debate over the Nevada state budget during the 2009 legislative session. Geoffrey Lawrence, the institute's fiscal policy analyst, authored "Nevada's Freedom Budget: The Road to Recovery" which was an alternative state budget proposal that would have purportedly avoided the need for state tax increases.

Funding
In its 2006 annual report the Cato Institute stated that it provided a grant of $50,000 to the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Personnel

 * Sharon J. Rossie, President
 * Steven Miller, Vice President for Policy
 * Andy Matthews, Vice President for Communications
 * Geoffrey Lawrence, Fiscal Policy Analyst
 * Patrick Gibbons, Education Policy Analyst
 * Victor Joecks, Deputy Communications Director
 * Mary Stubblefield, Education Initiatives Coordinator
 * Patricia Andrews, Executive Assistant

Contact Details
1700 E. Desert Inn Rd. Suite 405A Las Vegas, NV 89169 Phone: (702) 222-0642 Fax:(702) 227-0927 Email: office AT npri.org Website: http://www.npri.org/

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